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Originally Posted by Wild Oscar
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It's all related. We should have known this was coming.
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Funding would be for three years. University of Cambridge security expert Richard Clayton told ZDNet.com.au sister site ZDNet.co.uk that putting state-of-the-art surveillance devices into all UK ISPs would be "likely to cost quite a lot". As a consequence, Clayton said the government plans to deploy the system at one ISP initially.
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Now which ISP could that be? How could we generate some much needed revenue to help this poor ISP?
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Thomas declined to comment as to whether the Home Office proposals were legal under current data-protection law, and refused to comment any further about his concerns.
The ICO had not been consulted by the Home Office over the communications-database plans, said an ICO insider.
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Well, there's a surprise.
Not a problem! The gov't can just change the law to suit their own agenda.